I mean really. Why should I do all the work? Come, now. There are questions to be answered:

1. Name: 2. Birthday: 3. Place of residence: 4. What makes you happy: 5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: 6. Do you read my LJ: 7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: 8. An interesting fact about you: 9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment: 10. Favorite place to be: 11. Favorite lyric: 12. Best time of the year:

Recommend: 1. A film: 2. A book: 3. A band, a song and an album:

Plus: 1. One thing you like about me: 2. Two things you like about yourself: 3. Put this in your LJ so I can tell you what I think of you.

1) Michelle or Ally. But Ally is used more...because stuff.2) September 1st!3) The middle of nowhere (Spanaway), WA4) People!5) Shamandalie, by Sonata Arctica. Very pretty song.6) I do, I do.7) I really like your layout. 8) I like boxers (....okay, no so interesting. XD)9) Crush, yes. Kinda. 10) Camp St. Albans when it's raining.11) Can't choose.12) Autumn.

1. Name: Rachel2. Birthday: Feb 33. Place of residence: Auckland4. What makes you happy: Friendship, time with people, talking, good books, happy music, friends voices.5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: People building a kitchen in the next room.6. Do you read my LJ: YES! Except sometimes memes7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: I loved your faireupdate posts, and I like reading all the "normal" things that are going on in your life.8. An interesting fact about you: Until November last year, I had never left my country of residence.9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment: No10. Favorite place to be: Not sure. Napier was great, US was great...11. Favorite lyric: Currently: "...Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed"12. Best time of the year:I can never decide.

Recommend:1. A film: Howl's Moving Castle2. A book: Snowfall: K M Peyton3. A band, a song and an album: I'll get back to this one, at some point.

Plus:1. One thing you like about me: Your down-to-earth nature, and your way of being a friend (they combine)2. Two things you like about yourself: I like the way I work with my camera, sometimes. I like the way I can solve things, on occasion.3. Put this in your LJ so I can tell you what I think of you.I'll think about this one.

1. Name: Jenelle2. Birthday: October 7th3. Place of residence: New Jersey4. What makes you happy: i like being alone or with only close friends. that way i don't feel uncomfortable and shy. 5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: 6. Do you read my LJ: No, I just knew to post this in your comments by osmosis7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: I think there should be more full frontal nudity8. An interesting fact about you: i speak spanish9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment: I is, I is.10. Favorite place to be: Bed11. Favorite lyric: Yo, Jenelle, you are so damned fine, you ain't got no cellulite now let me give you money, (tons of money) let me give you money, (you won't have to work no more) CASHHHHHHHHH!)12. Best time of the year: Fall

Recommend: 1. A film: Kodak2. A book: Lamb - Christopher Moore3. A band, a song and an album: The String Quartet

Plus: 1. One thing you like about me: The way you win people's hearts. 2. Two things you like about yourself: two? (groan). I'm funny I guess, and I know tons of stuff, most of it not useful.3. Put this in your LJ so I can tell you what I think of you. This isn't a question biotch

1. Name: Cretey2. Birthday: August 303. Place of residence: Maryland4. What makes you happy: happy stuff. doggies.5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: I've got 'dirty little secret' by all-american rejects stuck in my head.6. Do you read my LJ: yush.7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: It makes me giggly. ^^8. An interesting fact about you: I, erhm... I dunno.9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment: I have two crushes. teehee.10. Favorite place to be: At school on tech weekends. <311. Favorite lyric: probably in the long run 'cos we've got our vehicles and animals and we're gonna be alright' from athlete's vehicles and animals. or basically the whole 'live this life' by big and rich.12. Best time of the year: fall, I guess.

Recommend: 1. A film: Hmmm. Grease. Or, um, Road to El Dorado, because it never fails to make me happy. or Time Bandits because it's so stupid it's funny (and I just watched it.)2. A book: Hexwood by Diana Wynne Jones if you haven't already, because it makes me happy.3. A band, a song and an album: Um. Hmmm. Matchbox Twenty/Back 2 Good/yourself or someone like you. I guess.

Plus: 1. One thing you like about me: You're so awesomely geeky. :D2. Two things you like about yourself: Um. I can do a bunch of arts. And I can read fast. 3. Put this in your LJ so I can tell you what I think of you. Foine. Eventually. Mebbe.

1. Name: Kachi/Sarah2. Birthday: Nov. 283. Place of residence: Maryland4. What makes you happy: Horses, good books, friends5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: The Eagles6. Do you read my LJ: Of course7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: I ♥ the way you tell stories :)8. An interesting fact about you: I have got new Cookie Monster pj pants on, and they are SO COMFY9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment: No10. Favorite place to be: On a horse11. Favorite lyric: It changes, right now it's "South moves North/North moves South/a star is born/a star burns out/the only thing/That stays the same is/everything changes/everything changes"12. Best time of the year: Summer!

Recommend:1. A film: House of Flying Daggers. I saw most of it tonight, but we didn't finish...:/2. A book: Oh, goodness. A book to you. You've read everything. Have you read A Great and Terrible Beauty?3. A band, a song and an album: Right now I'm totally into the Eagles greatest hits cassette that I've been listening to in my car

Plus:1. One thing you like about me: You're fun and tell good stories and you're a freaking jouster. And Maid Marian. And a singing pirate. How much cooler can you get?2. Two things you like about yourself: I have pretty eyes and I'm pretty good at English3. Put this in your LJ so I can tell you what I think of you.

1. Name: Miranda2. Birthday: November 30, 19873. Place of residence: Champaign, Illinois4. What makes you happy: The post office.5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Almost Perfect by Ingram Hill6. Do you read my LJ: Yes7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: Nothing bad, well, except when you put yourself down, which is bad only in the sense that you are wrong. Good, well, your writing is really engaging.8. An interesting fact about you: My great uncle was a member of the Jewish mafia and my great great uncle was a really important member of the Jewish mafia.9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment: I do have a crush. It's a sort of hopeless one, though.10. Favorite place to be: The dark room.11. Favorite lyric: "And it came to me then, that every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time" - Sarah's Song by Death Cab For Cutie12. Best time of the year: October

Recommend: 1. A film: Life is Beautiful, but watch it in Italian with subtitles, none of this dubbing nonsense.2. A book: it's out of print, but if you can get your hands on the it The Waterborn by Gregory Keyes is really really good. As is the sequel: The Black God.3. A band, a song and an album: The Garden State soundtrack. Or Plans by Death Cab.

Plus: 1. One thing you like about me: EVERYTHING I've seen of you I like.2. Two things you like about yourself: Is it sad that this is hard? Um... 1. I have pretty hair. 2. ...? 3. Put this in your LJ so I can tell you what I think of you.

1. Name: Adrienne 2. Birthday: April 29th3. Place of residence: Rochelle Park, NJ 4. What makes you happy: Being creative with my sewing or art.5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Radio. NPR talking about writer's block.6. Do you read my LJ: Of course....7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: Your writing style...the way you set the scene....that quirky humor you use.8. An interesting fact about you: As a child I would tell adults that I wanted to be a psychiatrist when I grew up.9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment: Sadly, No.10. Favorite place to be: At faire, between shows at Roselawn field, I sit up high on the hill, on the stone wall and watch the coming and goings along the path below. It's quiet and peaceful. (I know, I'm a dork.)

11. Favorite lyric: 12. Best time of the year: The fall, around Halloween.

Recommend: 1. A film: Chronicle of Narnia 2. A book: A Year in Provonce3. A band, a song and an album: Wallflowers, "One headlight", Alton's "Blue Idol"

Plus: 1. One thing you like about me: The way you turn everyday events into amusing writings in your LJ.

2. Two things you like about yourself: I'm understanding. I can usually find solutions to a problem in a hurry.

1. Name: Jen2. Birthday: 5/283. Place of residence: Alexandria, VA4. What makes you happy: Competence -- my own, or that of people around me5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: NPR news6. Do you read my LJ: Often7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: I was caught by the first "happy bookseller" tale I came across8. An interesting fact about you: I just don't find myself all that interesting9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment: Still and always in love with my husband10. Favorite place to be: There are many, but I think I'm craving a ski slope right now11. Favorite lyric: "While her withers wither with her" [Into the Woods]12. Best time of the year: Winter

Recommend:1. A film: Brokeback Mountain at the moment2. A book: Tam Lin [Pamela Dean]3. A band, a song and an album: Bic Runga [a singer, actually], "Let It Rain" by OKGo, the "King David" cast album

Plus:1. One thing you like about me: Your almost-never-flagging cheerfulness2. Two things you like about yourself: My capacity to learn new things, and my singing voice3. Put this in your LJ so I can tell you what I think of you.

5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Beethoven's Ode to Joy

6. Do you read my LJ: Yes

7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: Good – your detailed and gleeful expressions of your every day life experiences, and the beautiful design. Bad- you can be a bit self deprecating at times.

8. An interesting fact about you: I was a Born Again Christian in my late teens/early 20's – and still have a pretty strong spirituality.

9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment: Nothing too major at the moment (Thank God!)

I'm not a perfect person There's many things I wish I didn't do But I continue learning I never meant to do those things to you And so I have to say before I go That I just want you to know

I've found out the reason for me To change who I used to be A reason to start over new And the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you It's something I must live with everyday And all the pain I put you through I wish that I could take it all away And be the one who catches all your tears That's why I need you to hear

I've found out a reason for me To change who I used to be A reason to start over new And the reason is You

12. Best time of the year: Spring

Recommend:

1. A film: Saved!

2. A book: Density of Souls by Christopher Rice – an excellent first novel by Anne’s son

3. A band, a song and an album: Band – formerly The Minors, but Ben went solo, check him out here

1. Name: Molly2. Birthday: August 73. Place of residence: Hackensack, NJ4. What makes you happy: my friends, my family and my cat5. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: Audioslave6. Do you read my LJ?: Yes7. If you do, what is particularly good/bad about it: Though you are sometimes a bit hard on yourself, I just generally enjoy reading what you write8. An interesting fact about you:I collect bears -- (since I'm doing a bunch of these in others LJ's, I'm going to try to come up with a few different things, just so you know)9. Are you in love/do you have a crush at the moment: Crush, yes, love, no 10. Favorite place to be: home11. Favorite lyric: "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"12. Best time of the year: Fall

Recommend: 1. A film: Syriana2. A book: Will in the World3. A band, a song and an album: Flogging Molly(and not just cause they use my name), any song on any of their albums

Plus: 1. One thing you like about me: There are so many more than one...I like your love of live and your ability to play2. Two things you like about yourself: my sense of humor and my strength3. Put this in your LJ so I can tell you what I think of you. Done

1. Jessica2. March 17th. 3. Willimantic, CT.4. Crocheting, new books, movies5. Flowers of Avalon, Tracy Grammer's latest cd 6. No. I never saw this meme. I'm not really typing this! 7. You're interesting. :p8. Um...I'll get back to you on that.9. No10. Boston. Anywhere in Boston. I miss that city very much.11. I will make the lay of long defeat and draw the chorus slow, I'll send this message down the wire and hope that someone wise is listening when I go. -- When I Go, Dave Carter12. Summer.

Recommend: 1. A film: King Kong! You've probably seen it already, but still.2. A book: The Curse of Chalion, Lois mcMaster Bujold.3. Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, Flowers of Avalon, Phantom Doll

Plus: 1. You have good taste in books and Tv. By this I mean you like almost everything I do. :P2. I'm strong, and will cheerfully do silly things for my own amusement.3. Most of my attempts at this kind of meme are resoundingly ignored.